First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Brazil’s exchange, B3 (formerly BM&FBovespa) announced its main stock market performance index – Ibovespa – hit a record high Friday, ending the day at 79.071 points, up 0.54 percent from the previous Ibovespa record of 78.647 points last Thursday.~JK SGX reported its derivatives volume was 178.4 million, up 18 percent in 2017 from the previous year, with its FTSE China A50 Index futures the most active contract with 64 million contracts, up 13 percent. Here is the full report.~JK With Mark Mobius retired from Franklin Templeton, who in emerging markets will pick up…